anagrammatist

Why this word is great

ANAGRAMMATIST — [Noun] A creator or finder of anagrams. From anagrammatism or anagrammatize (from Greek anagrammatízein, "to transpose letters") + -ist (agent suffix), perhaps modelled on French anagrammatiste. Unlike a "lexicographer" (who catalogs words as they are) or a "puzzlemaker" (who deals in general conundrums), the anagrammatist is a specialist in hidden symmetries, uncovering the secret names coiled within names. It is the quiet thrill of finding "listen" inside "silent," the absurd delight of "eleven plus two" becoming "twelve plus one," or the eerie resonance of "William Shakespeare" yielding "I am a weakish speller"—proof that language, even at its most arbitrary, contains its own buried echoes.